It turns out we let our electoral process
devolve into something so fake and dys­func­tion­al
that any half-bright con man
with the stones to try it
could walk right through the front door
and tear it to shreds on the first go.

And Trump is no half-bright con man, either.
He’s way better than average.

Both Trump and Cruz scare me, for very different reasons.
Trump is impulsive, all id, doesn’t give a fuck,
riling up the worst impulses of the American electorate for short-term gain.
Who knows what this loose cannon will do?
Cruz is a nasty piece of work,
cold and cal­cu­lat­ing,
a hard-right con­ser­v­a­tive and a Do­min­ion­ist,
widely hated by those who’ve worked with him.
They’re both very dangerous
and I do not look forward to either of them winning the Presidency.

I favor Bernie Sanders but I will throw my support behind Hillary Clinton,
should she win the Democratic nomination.